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THE PORTLAND POETRY SLAM CURSE: Kickstand, the basement comedy space at Velo Cult
bike shop and bar in Northeast Portland, has been shut down by the
city, at least temporarily, after a visit by th
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1. GENE SIMMONS (Los Angeles Kiss) Once asked NPR’s Terry Gross to “welcome me with open legs,” and implied that people with depression should just kill themselves. Arena football is the painted
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THURSDAY MARCH 26
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY
[MIDWEST GANGSTAS] Cleveland’s answer to Wu-Tang Clan is touring through in advance of its final record, E. 1999 Legends—two
discs that are being aucti
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Food Reviews & Stories
A list of the five spots we're excited about right now—maybe taquerias we've loved forever, maybe seafood spots with special menus this week. It's designed to answer that age-old question: Where should we go out to dinner tonight?More

Food Reviews & StoriesOur pick for the top brewpub, dive bar or wine lounge might change by the time you've finished reading this. But here are the spots, new and old, that we're most excited about right now.More

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WORDS AND GUITAR: She’s on your television and in your headphones, and come this fall, she’ll be on your bookshelf. Carrie Brownstein’s memoir will be published Oct. 27. Taking its title from a
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CHOPSTICKS AROUND: Fervidly popular karaoke spot Chopsticks II will move, but it won’t die, says owner David Chow. As WW reported in November, the East Burnside Street bar’s lease will not be rene
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THURSDAY MARCH 12
JULIANA HATFIELD THREE
[INDIE POP] It’s been a couple of decades since the Juliana Hatfield Three’s highly influential Become What You Are became a lodestar for a generation
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